Number Quilt (Tough) - directions fixed
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01/23/16 08:58 PM
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Fill in each box in the grid with the numbers 1 to 7 so that each number appears exactly once in each row and column. The clues tell the sum of the numbers in the squares. For example, A12 = 6 means that the numbers in A1 and A2 add up to 6. A34 = 7 AB7 = 6 BC3 = 9 BC6 = 7 C45 = 8 D234 = 9 DE7 = 10 E123 = 8 EFG4 = 13 EFG5 = 7 G12 = 7 G67 = 5
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Re: Number Quilt (Tough)
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01/24/16 03:24 PM
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Making my head spin!
Question (to make sure I've interpreted locations properly): after entering the 12 clues in the grid, we can right away identify 3 of the 49 locations as blanks, right?
Don't want to say which 3, in case you scold me for giving clues!! But I will if you say it's ok.
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Re: Number Quilt (Tough)
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01/24/16 04:32 PM
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Logically, as the grid is 7 x 7, the numbers 0 - 6 must appear in each row/column (so 13 zeroes - what Denis refers to as blanks, rather than 3), but I do not think that the clues necessarily help identify the "empty" spaces straight away. I am quite keen on sudoku and better yet, futoshiki, but I have not yet applied myself to this puzzle.
Last edited by Lex; 01/24/16 04:50 PM.
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Re: Number Quilt (Tough)
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01/24/16 05:38 PM
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...but I do not think that the clues necessarily help identify the "empty" spaces straight away.
Yes they do; like, if the clues place some value in say A1 to A6, then A7 is blank (or zero!). Like clue EFG5 = 7 means that E5, F5 and G5 are all non-zero. Unless I'm not looking at the clues properly...
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Re: Number Quilt (Tough)
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01/24/16 05:42 PM
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Aaaahhhhhh! No! The numbers 1-7 are used. My sincere apologies.
The moon is actually more useful than the sun since the moon gives us light at night when it's dark. The sun only gives us light during the day when it's already bright out.
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Re: Number Quilt (Tough) - directions fixed
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01/24/16 10:44 PM
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Pandora, give yourself only half the lashes you intended, as it would have worked with 0 to 6, by reducing the clues by 2 or 3, depending on number of squares clued: A34 = 7 : 5 AB7 = 6 : 4 BC3 = 9 : 7 BC6 = 7 : 5 C45 = 8 : 6 D234 = 9 : 6 DE7 = 10 : 8 E123 = 8 : 5 EFG4 = 13 : 10 EFG5 = 7 : 4 G12 = 7 : 5 G67 = 5 : 3
This would then be the grid: 4,0,5,2,6,3,1 1,5,0,3,4,6,2 5,2,4,6,1,0,3 3,6,2,0,5,1,4 2,4,3,1,0,5,6 6,3,1,5,2,4,0 0,1,6,4,3,2,5
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Re: Number Quilt (Tough) - directions fixed
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01/24/16 11:33 PM
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Oh, I deserve a full portion, Denis, but thank you. I hate wasting peoples' time, and I sure did a lot of that with this puzzle. It's a lot of fun when you've got all of the information right.
The moon is actually more useful than the sun since the moon gives us light at night when it's dark. The sun only gives us light during the day when it's already bright out.
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